Author: Rich Horner
Lonesome Dove By Larry McMurtry
Read this for the character dynamics. McMurtry deconstructs the “myth” of the cowboy and replaces it with something much more human, funny, and heartbreaking. Gus and Call represent the two sides of the American spirit: one lives for the joy of the moment, and the other lives for the satisfaction of the task. For someone…
#9 – Learning to Work With Intelligent Tools
Living With AI For most of history, tools extended physical abilities. A hammer amplifies strength. A telescope extends vision. Artificial intelligence introduces something different: tools that help with thinking tasks. That doesn’t mean the machine does the thinking for us. More often it means people work alongside systems that can rapidly analyze information, generate possibilities,…
Boggy Slough
Spring Migration April 10, 2026 Patty, the kids and I headed up to Boggy Slough in the Pascagoula Wildlife Management Area at daylight. We barely got off the highway before Patty said stop, there were birds singing all around us. It was a beautiful clear morning, the morning temperature was perfect; requiring a light jacket.…
Pelicans – Fun facts to know and share
April 4, 2026 Pelicans seem to float on the air just above the water Pelicans are able to “float” just above the water by using a physics principle called the ground effect. When they glide within one wingspan of the surface, they create a cushion of air that supports their weight and makes flight significantly…
#8 – The Quiet Places AI Is Already Showing Up
Living With AI Much of the public conversation about artificial intelligence focuses on dramatic possibilities — self-driving cars, humanoid robots, or futuristic assistants. But the more interesting story may be happening in quieter ways. AI is already appearing inside tools people use every day, often without much notice. It helps filter spam, recommend music, detect…
Pelicans
Graceful & Ungainly – all wrapped in one feathery package! Patty was off with birder friends Saturday morning, and on a whim I stopped by Lake Mars. Just off the breakwater west of the channel, what I suspect was a school of Pogies (Menhaden) had the pelicans in a full-on feast. For those of you,…
Our Me Society
4/3/26 A few days ago I was driving to town. I pulled out of our road onto Old Biloxi Road and headed south. It’s a three-lane road — a northbound lane, a southbound lane, and a center left turn only, no passing lane. I had my cruise control set at 41 miles an hour; the…
#7 – Why This Technological Shift May Be Different
Living With AI Every generation experiences technological change. Steam engines, electricity, automobiles, computers, and the internet all reshaped daily life in ways that were difficult to imagine when they first appeared. So it’s fair to ask whether artificial intelligence is simply another step along that same path. In some ways it is. New tools have…
Crawdad Road March 27 & 28, 2026
De Soto National Forest road 406B Patty and I are very fortunate to have the De Soto National Forest within minutes of our house. This weekend, Friday morning and Saturday evening we drove the mile long Forest Road 306B or better known to us as the Crawdad Rd. We named it that years ago because…
#6 – The Jobs That May Grow Because of AI
Living With AI When discussions about artificial intelligence turn to jobs, the conversation often focuses on what might be lost. That’s understandable. Any major technological shift raises questions about how work will change. But history suggests that technology rarely only removes work. It usually creates new kinds of work as well. The automobile reduced the…
